Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 141
| تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | tilka 'ummah qad khalat la- -haa maa kasabat wa- la- -kum maa kasabtum wa- laa tus'alon can maa kaano yacmalon |
| Pickthall | : | Those are a people who have passed away; theirs is that which they earned and yours that which ye earn. And ye will not be asked of what they used to do. |
| Asad | : | "Now those people have passed away; unto them shall be accounted what they have earned, and unto you, what you have earned; and you will not be judged on the strength of what they did." |
| Malik | : | That was a nation who has already passed away. They are responsible for what they did and your are for what you do, you shall not be questioned about their deeds. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no question in your case. 139 |
Note - 139Verse 134 began a certain argument, which is now rounded
off in the same words in this verse. To use a musical
term, the motif is now completed. The argument is that
it is wrong to claim a monoply for God's Message: it is
the same for all peoples and in all ages: if it undergoes
local variations or variations according to times and
seasons those variations pass away. This leads to the
argument in the remainder of the Sura that with the
renewal of the Message and the birth of a new People, a
new symbolism and new ordinances become appropriate, and
they are now expounded.
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Verse 134 began a certain argument, which is now rounded off in the same words in this verse. To use a musical term, the motif is now completed. The argument is that it is wrong to claim a monoply for God's Message: it is the same for all peoples and in all ages: if it undergoes local variations or variations according to times and seasons those variations pass away. This leads to the argument in the remainder of the Sura that with the renewal of the Message and the birth of a new People, a new symbolism and new ordinances become appropriate, and they are now expounded. |
